Simple Joomla CCK

index.md

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 ### Draft
 
-| Num | Title                          | Editor                  | Sponsor           |
-|:---:|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
-| N/A | N/A                            | N/A                     | N/A               |
+| Num | Title                                   | Editor                                              | Sponsor                                                                |
+|:---:|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|  1  | [Decpoupling Output](decoupling-output) | Niels Braczek <[email protected]>  | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
+|  2  | [Form Admin](form-admin)                | Niels Braczek <[email protected]>  | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
+|  3  | [Simple CCK](simple-cck)                | Niels Braczek <[email protected]>  | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
 
 ### Pre-Draft
 
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 |:---:|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
 | N/A | N/A                            | N/A                     | N/A               |
 
+### Rejected
+
+| Title                       | Editor                  | Sponsor           |
+|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
+| [Append Form](append-form) | Niels Braczek <[email protected]>  | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
+
 ## Numerical Index
 
-| Status | Num | Title                          | Editor                  | Sponsor           |
-|--------|:---:|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
-| A | 0 | [RFC Procedure][rfc-procedure] | Niels Braczek <[email protected]> | Marco Dings <[email protected]> |
+| Status | Num | Title                                   | Editor                                             | Sponsor           |
+|--------|:---:|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
+| A      |  0  | [RFC Procedure][rfc-procedure]          | Niels Braczek <[email protected]> | Marco Dings <[email protected]> |
+| D      |  1  | [Decpoupling Output](decoupling-output) | Niels Braczek <[email protected]> | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
+| D      |  2  | [Form Admin](form-admin)                | Niels Braczek <[email protected]> | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
+| D      |  3  | [Simple CCK](simple-cck)                | Niels Braczek <[email protected]> | Llewellyn van der Merwe <[email protected]> |
 
 _**Legend:** A = Accepted | D = Draft | P = Pre-Draft | R = Review | X = Deprecated_
 
 [workflow]: bylaws/workflow.md
-[contentelements]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-Specifications/tree/master/proposed
-[authorisation]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/2
-[joomla-cli]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/4
-[mobile-app]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/5
-[simplify-admin]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/6
-[simplify-admin2]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/7
-[composer]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/pull/8
-[rfc-procedure]: https://github.com/joomla-x/joomla-standards/blob/master/accepted/RFC-0-rfc-meta.md
+[contentelements]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/tree/master/proposed
+[authorisation]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/2
+[joomla-cli]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/4
+[mobile-app]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/5
+[simplify-admin]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/6
+[simplify-admin2]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/7
+[composer]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/8
+[rfc-procedure]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/blob/master/accepted/RFC-0-rfc-meta.md
+[decoupling-output]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/36
+[form-admin]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/31
+[simple-cck]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/26
+[append-form]: https://github.com/joomla/rfc/pull/18

proposed/cck-meta.md

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+# Simple CCK Meta Document
+
+## 1. Summary
+
+A "Simple CCK" system is proposed here to extend the article data model with the help of custom fields and the necessary
+functions to filter the contents according to any criteria and to display them in a specific sorting order.
+
+This specification aims to enable users to create simple projects with on-board tools.
+
+## 2. Why Bother?
+
+Currently, if one wants to use custom fields with **Filtering** and **Ordering**, a CCK extension must be installed.
+This prevents the majority of Joomla's own features (such as **Tags**, **Custom Fields**, **Categories**, 
+**Multi-Language**, **Associations**, **Workflow**, etc.) as well as the majority of other third party extensions from
+being used without restriction.
+
+Adding **Filtering** and **Ordering** options based on the **Custom Fields** makes it possible to create a website with
+simple custom content types that offers all the possibilities of Joomla without the hassle of a full-fledged CCK.
+
+For example, consider a list of activities to do on weekends, with fields like "date", "free or paid", "city". We need
+to be able to filter by activities in a specific city and to sort them by price or by date.
+
+## 3. Scope
+
+### 3.1 Goals
+
+While **Custom Fields** and **Workflow** already give the CMS a considerable degree of flexibility, they still lack
+basic functionality. The aim of this proposal is to complete the range of functions so that it meets current
+expectations and thus enable users to create simple projects with on-board tools. The built-in functionality should also
+enable extension developers to streamline their solutions and achieve better integration with horizontal features such
+as **Tagging** and **Versioning**.
+
+### 3.2 Non-Goals
+
+It is not a goal of this proposal to make existing extensions obsolete.
+
+## 4. Approaches
+
+Already in the days of the Idea Portal, the desire for a Content Construction Kit (CCK) was high on the wish list. The
+feature request continues to pop up frequently.
+
+In Joomla 3.1, a first attempt towards universal content was made with the Unified Content Model (UCM), but this was
+never really pursued. Most Joomla developers do not know how to use this concept properly - or simply ignore it.
+
+Joomla 3.7 brought **Custom Fields** for articles and users, an integration of the DPFields extension into the CMS. As
+useful as this new functionality is, it is extremely limited because there is no way to filter or sort by the value of
+the **Custom Fields**.
+
+In Joomla 3.9 ([PR#20890](https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/20890)), custom admin menus with a lot of **
+Filtering** options were added, which is another major step towards a simple CCK supporting (kind of) different content
+types.
+
+### 4.1 Provide Custom Content Types
+
+#### 4.1.1 Custom Content Types with Unified Content Model
+
+##### Pros
+
+##### Cons
+
+* UCM is not well accepted; even the core developers are hardly familiar with the concept. Some if not most features are
+  not supported by UCM.
+
+#### 4.1.2 Custom Content Types with Content Model
+
+##### Pros
+
+* `com_content` is a first class citizen in the core, so all core features are available to its content.
+
+##### Cons
+
+#### 4.1.3 Custom Content Types with Type Specific Model
+
+##### Pros
+
+* Features like **Filtering** and **Ordering** are easy to implement because of the dedicated database table.
+
+##### Cons
+
+* Core features must be supported explicitly to make them available to the content of the type specific model.
+
+### 4.2 Add Missing Features to **Custom Fields**
+
+The implementation of **Custom Fields** lacks support for **Filtering** and **Ordering**. This approach complements **
+Custom Fields** with the missing functions.
+
+##### Pros
+
+* `com_content` is a first class citizen in the core, so all core features are available to its content.
+* A specific set of **Custom Fields** can be considered a content type and displayed accordingly in the UI.
+
+##### Cons
+
+### 4.3 Comparison of Approaches
+
+It quickly becomes apparent that the content must be managed by `com_content` so that the various content types can
+benefit from the further development of the CMS. The approaches 4.1.1 and 4.1.3 are therefore immediately omitted from
+further consideration. The approaches 4.1.2 and 4.2 on the other hand are not mutually exclusive; the **Custom Fields**
+complement `com_content` perfectly.
+
+### 4.4 Chosen Approach
+
+**Custom Fields** (`com_fields`) are supplemented by the features
+
+* **Filtering** and
+* **Ordering**.
+
+**Custom Fields** can optionally be grouped into categories; the name of the category serves as the content type.
+
+## 5. Design Decisions
+
+## 6. People
+
+### 6.1 Editor(s)
+
+* Suki Nozick <[email protected]>
+
+### 6.2 Sponsors
+
+* Niels Braczek <[email protected]>
+
+### 6.3 Contributors
+
+* Cyril Thibout <[email protected]>
+
+## 7. Votes
+
+### Entrance Vote: PROD2022/019
+
+| Voter                                       | Vote |
+|---------------------------------------------|-----:|
+| Benjamin Trenkle                            |    0 |
+| Christiane Maier-Stadtherr / Viviana Menzel |   +1 |
+| Crystal Dionysopoulos                       |   +1 |
+| David Jardin                                |      | 
+| Franciska Perisa                            |   +1 |
+| Hannes Papenberg                            |   -1 |
+| Harald Leithner                             |   +1 |
+| Jacob Waisner                               |    0 |
+| Llewellyn van der Merve                     |   +1 |
+| Mike Brandner                               |   +1 |
+| Niels Braczek                               |   +1 |
+| Olivier Buisard                             |   +1 |
+| Philip Walton                               |   +1 |
+| Robert Deutz                                |   -1 |
+| Roland Dalmulder                            |   +1 |
+| Shirielle Williams                          |      | 
+| Shivam Raiput                               |   +1 |
+| Sigrid Gramlinger                           |   +1 |
+| Tobias Zulauf                               |   -1 |
+| **Result: PASSED**                          |      |
+| **in favor**                                |   12 |
+| **against**                                 |    3 |
+| **abstentions**                             |    2 |
+| **no vote**                                 |    2 |
+
+### Acceptance Vote:
+_(not yet taken)_
+
+## 8. Relevant Links
+
+_**Note:** Order descending chronologically._
+
+* [Custom Admin Menus PR#20890](https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/20890)
+* [Discussion: Sort articles by custom field](https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/discussions/42430)
+* [Feature request: filter and sort articles by custom field](https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/42831)
+
+## 9. Errata
+
+...

proposed/cck-todo.md

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+# Issues to be solved by Simple CCK
+
+* [ ] Custom Fields with Filtering and Ordering
+* [ ] Any change on the Tags or Custom Fields value in an article does not generate a new version of the article. [CMS-Issue#15700](https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/15700)